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The latest from YDEKC and the field.

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"Good intentions to develop the whole child mean nothing if they are not grounded in a fierce commitment to equity." Berger, Berman, Garcia, & Deasy, 2019

SEL’s Full Potential — A Lever for Educational Equity

by Mona Grife Almost every youth-serving organization and school district is aiming to increase their social and emotional supports for young people. This is in response to the mounting mental stress on students, teachers, and youth-serving professionals, which has come during this [...]

Category: Blog

A Sneak Peek at the SEL Symposium Presenters

We are thrilled to share that almost all presenters are confirmed for the Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, and Body Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Symposium. We work with our Whole Child, Whole Day Advisory Committee to nominate local organizations and leaders who embody the [...]

Category: Blog

Advocacy in the Time of COVID

Hello YDEKC Members and Friends: Let me say something right from the start: Advocacy in the “Time of COVID” is not what any of us expected to be doing. I need to remind myself often that we are in a historic time and that we are in the middle of a pandemic. SO: doing things like “normal” [...]

Category: Blog

Topic: Advocacy